The Problem?
Many Parents, Educators, and the General Public Donโt Know About Core Knowledge
Thousands of students graduate from high school without shared knowledge of history, geography, literature, science, and social studies.
What do American high school graduates know?
What is the purpose of American education?
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ.
The idea of core knowledge is that all students can achieve academic excellence and literacy with a specifically sequenced curriculum that helps children build knowledge grade by grade.
What are the benefits?
ยท Literacy for all is realized!
ยท Background knowledge is formed for students to acquire new vocabulary and understand what they are reading.
ยท Gold standard education is offered to all.
ยท The United States will have knowledgeable citizens with a shared understanding of history, science, literature, and mathematics.
ยท United States democracy will be preserved.
ยท U.S. educational system will produce people who can read, think, understand, analyze, and evaluate.
Why it mattersโฆThe Divide in America is Huge
Academic voids
Knowledge voids
Economic voids
Political voids
I will publish my poll results when it closes in a couple more days.
Future posts will inform readers of Core Knowledge and its schools.